🌱 Prison Time For Ex-County Employee + Tide Baseball Heroics

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and start this Saturday morning with us!

In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• Tide baseball heroics.
• Former county employee gets prison time.
• Tuscaloosa City Schools hiring.

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 92 | Low: 63 ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to Alabama baseball's Jim Jarvis, whose walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth led Alabama baseball to a 4-3 win over Nicholls State Friday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium to open up the NCAA Regional.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Former Tuscaloosa County License Commissioner Lynne Campbell Robbins will serve time in prison after pleading guilty this week to using her position for personal gain and other related charges. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Former Republican U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama has been named the Alabama Rural Health Association's (ARHA)"Legislator of the Year" and was presented the award at the association's 2023 annual conference in Hoover. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Stillman College on Thursday announced that pitcher and Mobile native Steven Oates has been selected for the third annual HBCU All-Star Game. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Tuscaloosa City Schools may be out for the summer but the school system is looking to fill approximately 119 vacant positions for 2023-24 school year. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The illustrious collegiate career of Alabama softball star Montana Fouts came to an end Saturday as the Tide lost to Stanford to be eliminated from the 2023 Women's College World Series. (More)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Carson Carlisle Band @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Billy and The Medicine Men @ Copper Top (More)
• Wanda (solo) @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Eagles Wings "Ride In" (More)
• Ask an Autistic @ Tuscaloosa River Market (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Local Businesses Getting A Boost As Tuscaloosa Hosts Baseball Regionals (Mary Barron, WVUA 23 News)
2. Former Pike Road RB Anthony Rogers commits to Alabama over Auburn, others (Ben Thomas, AL.com)
3. The CW's favorite restaurants in Tuscaloosa (Crimson White)
4. Dallas Turner already carrying himself like a pro during offseason training (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
5. Alabama head coach Nick Saban comments on SEC schedule (James Benedetto, Tide Illustrated)

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— RP

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